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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Sunday Mass Readings For February 17, 2013

"Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness" (left), "Jesus Transported by a Spirit onto a High Mountain"(center), and "Jesus Carried up to a Pinnacle of the Temple" (right) - by James Tissot

FIRST
READING: Deuteronomy
26: 4 - 10

4
And the priest taking the basket at thy hand, shall set it before the
altar of the Lord thy God:

5
And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The
Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned
there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong
and of an infinite multitude.

6
And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most
grievous burdens:

7
And we cried to the Lord God of our fathers: who heard us, and looked
down upon our affliction, and labour, and distress:

8
And brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand, and a stretched out
arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders:

9
And brought us into this place, and gave us this land flowing with
milk and honey.

10
And therefore now I offer the firstfruits of the land which the Lord
hath given me. And thou shalt leave them in the sight of the Lord thy
God, adoring the Lord thy God.

PSALM:
Psalms 91:
1 - 2, 10 - 15

1
He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the
protection of the God of Jacob.

2
He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my
God, in him will I trust.

10
There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy
dwelling.

11
For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all
thy ways.